I'm bereft!! The weeks of tennis watching are over for another year. It was sad to see Alfie Hewitt and Gordon Reid lose their wheelchair doubles final on Saturday and then AH must have been exhausted as he lost his singles on Sunday. Good to see wheelchair tennis becoming more important at Wimbledon, playing on main courts with big crowds.
Then it was the men's final, just like the final at the French Open five weeks earlier it was a really good game and this time Jannik Sinner came out on top. The first Italian to win the Wimbledon men's championship. I think this is how it's going to be for many years ahead - two brilliant young players battling it out at every tournament.
I went to the Saturday boot-sale early and it was already huge and crowded, it started cloudy but then the sun came through and it was suddenly Very Hot.
Many of the people selling are there every week, so by now I've seen most of the junk about twenty times before.
But I hadn't seen this book before so just spent 50p, nothing else and by the time I'd been three quarters of the way round I'd had enough - it was getting hotter so home for breakfast.
I'd not come across this book anywhere and it turns out to be a collection of short stories "inspired by remarkable trees" written by students of the University of Suffolk Creative Writing course.
Might be interesting or it might not! It's been added to the shelves with my other Suffolk books to read sometime.
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NOT the day to be selling at car boot sales as not many of them have much in the way of shade. Gosh, folk must have been blardy melting. Looks an interesting book for when you are bereft of Library ones.
ReplyDeleteWhen's the next tennis on - isn't there a French Grand Slam or something which is up soon?
I still have that book 'Remarkable Trees' hollowed out trunks the size of a little room inside. Must have been a very hot day though.
ReplyDeleteOh I feel your pain, Sue! It’s been a great few weeks.
ReplyDeleteI thought the BBC’s coverage through i -player was excellent. J’nan
I love following tennis too, and after a Slam finishes I never know what to do with myself. Takes me a few days to get back to normal life, particularly as I live in the southern hemisphere so lots of overnight tv watching.
ReplyDeleteAttractive book. I hope the contents are as good.
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